analgesic

From analgesia (“absence of pain”) +‎ -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.l̩ˈdʒiː.zɪk/, /ˌæn.l̩ˈdʒiː.sɪk/
• Rhymes: -iːzɪk

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analgesic (plural analgesics)

1. (pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain without inducing unconsciousness.
   • 2004, Jocoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Family Health, Marshall Cavendish, pg. 137:

     I am taking an analgesic. Is it safe to drink alcholic beverages?

   • 2010, Associated Press staff, Cadence signs option to buy Incline (original copy), Bloomberg Businessweek:

     Incline makes Ionsys, a potential analgesic for adult inpatients requiring opioid pain treatment after surgery.

• See also Thesaurus:analgesic

• painkiller

• "Analgesics". MeSH 2010, National Library of Medicine.
  • WHO Guidelines on the Pharmacological Treatment of Persisting Pain in Children with Medical Illnesses, (2012) World Health Organization

analgesic (comparative more analgesic, superlative most analgesic)

1. (medicine) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.

• “analgesic” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
• analgesia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

• analgesic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• angelicas